The Western Marine Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) currently warehouse about 5,646 expired bags of 50kg foreign parboiled rice worth N124, 776, 600 in its warehouse .

The command also nabbed 806 loaves of cannabis with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N21,157,500 in August, 2018.

The amphibian arm of the service said due to massive seizure in the command, the warehouse had been filled up leaving no space for new seizures

The expired bags of rice are said to have been allocated to undisclosed Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) but are yet to be evacuated due to logistics problems.

The Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Boyiliya Binga told journalists that some of the seized bags of smuggled rice which have been in the customs warehouse for close to two years are no longer edible.

The items seized by Comptroller Binga currently occupied the newly built apartment which are either for conference or office accommodation of men of the service.

“”The CAC wishes to appeal to states which were allocated items to IDPs from the HQ to comeand evqcuate them. This will help create space in the Government Warehouse for more seizures.”

According to the WMC boss, the items which include vegetable oil, bags of shoes, used tyres, among other items at the warehouse have been abandoned at the facility for close to three years and the command is willing and eager to make more seizures this years without any storage provision.

In one of the recent seizures, the Comptroller declared that the command nabbed 806 loaves of cannabis with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N21,157,500 in August, 2018.

Other items include; 219 kegs of vegetable oil worth N2,628,000; 500 bales of cloth with DPV of N42,000,000; 42 sacks of shoes with DPV of N6,413,400 among others.

He however stated that the total DPV of the items seized is N297.887,446.00.

Speaking further on challenges of the command, Comptroller Binga said dearth of operational equipments such as boats and vehicles had impacted negatively on the efficiency of the command’s anti smuggling activities.

On assumption of office at the command, the CAC has been able to furnished three structures to make up for shortage of offices in the command as well as repair of three sea going boats with the assistance of the Comptroller General of Customs and his management team.

The Comptroller however promised to improve on its present achievements especially as the officers and men of the Service are being motivated through promotions, welfare packages and supply of vehicles and tyres to the command

Source: http://www.journalngonline.com/2019/02/01/over-5000-bags-of-rice-rot-away-in-customs-warehouse/

The most effective custom boss ever

I remember when some local punks where making mouth about how they had ordered guns and hardware from Turkey and formed secret service to attack nigeria... Only for the custom boss to seize two container loads of their firearms imported from Turkey

Naa today

Foolishness

I still see an APC supporter happy with this evil development.bags of rice are wasting away while people are dying of starvation and hunger this is not only devilish but it is also witchcraft.To be honest if I was still supporting buhari, I could have made up my mind to vote another candidate.thank God I am already articulated please join us to say no to buhari's devilish leadership and say yes to atiku Abubakar.God Bless Nigeria.thanks.

Okay

The rice should have long given to the IDP or Orphanage before it expired.

Waste of goods.

Haba

When there are millions of hungry people at IDP camps in the country?

It doesn't take a genius to carve out a plan on how to redistribute seized food items to the less privileged, especially in a country where a vast majority live in abject poverty. Go and check the home of an average customs officer and you'd likely meet at least two bags of rice and a carton of chicken/turkey in his freezer.

Gbese re o. 9ja people

That's how it has been in time immemorial.

Please,
Is the problem of logistics enough reason to waste such bags of rice that could have gone to IDP's?
This country is in deep sh*t

iluvdonjazzy:
That's how it has been in time immemorial.

These custom officials make lots of money off badagry express way leading to the border... They always collect 500 naira per checkpoint and there are almost 8 checkpoints


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Can you imaging!!!

When dia z a lot of less privileges out there.

God will see us through!!!

Atiku plz do fast and come and liberate us


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What happens if these rice are supplied to IDP camps instead...

Hmm...they are waiting for states with IDP to come and evacuate the food what stops them from taking it the IDP camps there's no economic value in all this at all

Amphibian arm, aerial legs
Stupid bunch

Wastage everywhere What a country
Wicked and heartless people everywhere

Why not send those rice to idp, you inbred lunatics?

Even in the south, there are so many people begging on the streets, orphanages, e. t. C

Those rice bags will go a long way.

The problem of Nigeria has always been proper resource utilization.

N75,000,000 wasted in cash

Someone money or govt generated money wasted

D mumu too much

Evsio:

These custom officials make lots of money off badagry express way leading to the border... They always collect 500 naira per checkpoint and there are almost 8 checkpoints


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hmm, that's serious, anyway I always know they are more corrupt than the police

after they must have thieved out of it for demselves

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All Nigeria leader are sick,

Why not distribute this rice to prisons and IDP before it got expired.